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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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One of the ways vendors and partners--whose behind-the-scenes assistance often is crucial to a start-ups success--can get a piece of the action is to exchange services for equity. In 2002, he stepped gingerly into the work-for-equity arena, with a modest investment in one start-up. FROM OUR PARTNERS. ); ); ); ADVERTISEMENT.

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20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

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The studio’s design talent boasts some famous names among the list of partners, including Paula Scher, Michael Beirut, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Harry Pearce, and many more. Headquarters: San Francisco, California. Headquarters: San Francisco, California. The client list is equally impressive. Headquarters: London.

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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

YoungUpstarts

Today, The Bean has approximately 350 company-owned stores, with locations in Southern California, Las Vegas, Honolulu, New York City and Southeast Asia. In 2002, the Glacéau, line of beverages became the top-selling enhanced water brand in America and it raked in $350 million in revenues in 2006.

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How to Find Hundreds of Business Ideas

Up and Running

They’re a camera company that got started in 2002. My partner, James Shields , is an avid unicyclist. And, there’s the added bonus of encouraging people to drive better. Very clever. I’ll leave you with one last example. Ever heard of GoPro? Founder Nick Woodman had recently been been on a surfing trip to Indonesia.

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Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley

Steve Blank

The University of California managed research and development of the bomb design at Los Alamos while the US Army managed the Los Alamos facilities and the overall administration of the project. In Afghanistan in 2002 U.S. After the war the U.S. split up the functions of the OSRD. war fighting strategy in both Gulf Wars.

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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

I still feel like a California girl at heart and come back as often as I can. My mother and one of my sisters are there and a few of our board members and many partners are based in the Bay Area. I grew up in the East Bay but left for NYC in 1987 and Silicon Valley was just starting to percolate.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. Most law firms simply use the last names of the originating partners as the name of the company. Image Credit: Andrew Greer.

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